Arts Action Fund

The Arts Action Fund is mini-grant of the Saco Bay Center for Civic Engagement, created for the purpose of assistingcreative, visual, or performing arts teachers as major needs arise throughout the school year.

Fine Arts teachers in Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach schools will be able to apply for grants that will support programs and supplies to enrich the education of our local children.

​This could be used for anything from a broken musical instrument repair job to a new stage curtain and everything in between. The exact amount and frequency of the grant will be largely dependent on our fundraising efforts.

Grants Awarded (so far)...

$1,500 worth of grants have been awarded so far to classrooms throughout Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach to promote advancement of the arts.The Saco Bay Center for Civic Engagement, has named Burns School, Loranger Memorial, and Saint James as their 2017 recipients of their Arts Action Fund Grant. Burns School is using the grant money to fund ethnic instruments for cultural immersion experiences. Loranger Memorial is starting a ukulele program. While Saint James is purchasing a variety of band instruments for students most in need.